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I repeat, I do not own 'Inuyasha' or any of the characters, such as:

Inuyasha – 'Stupid people torturing me… *grumble mumble*'

Kagome- 'SIT!!!!' *Inuyasha eats dirt*

Kikyo- 'Off to gather more souls....'

Kaede- 'I like not the looks of this….Really'

Shessorumu- 'Does this make me look fat?'

Shippo- *being squeezed to death for being so darn cute*

And the rest of the illustrious cast who I wouldn't be capable of this without their inspiration. *bonks Miroku on the head with large iron frying pan* No touchie!

I do however own:

Katie- yes yes... I know. I named her after myself. .

Tomo

Suyria

Sen

Anzai- mysterious man that Shessomuru hates even more then Inuyasha AND Naraku!*more will be revealed!*

Ebizo

Chuichi

Ayano

Kaori- half-demon merchant/dude with hat *it's all about the hat*

I do not own Inuyasha, no matter how hard I ask.  With that settled, on with the mayhem!

Another Life, another Time- Recap.

"Tomo! Suriya! Sen! Tis unsafe to be wondering the woods at this hour…." A rather disgruntled looking older woman appeared in the clearing, one eye covered with a patch, dressed in a red and white kimono, her graying hair tied back. She stopped, seeing Katie, whipping a bow from behind her back, aiming it at her. "Whoa! Look, stop with the sharp objects! I'm lost!" Katie waved her hands in front of her frantically, "I fell down that well, and ended up here, wherever here is!" She tried to bow respectfully, like she saw Kagome do a lot, but it was hard with an arrow aimed at your heart.

Chapter Two: Now things are getting odd...

"What manner of demon are you? Speak before my arrow finds your heart!" Kaede shouted, pulling the missile back warningly as the three little kids peeked out from behind her, eyes large with surprise and fear glancing at Katie with curiosity.

"Look, I fell down that stupid well, you old crone! I'm not a demon!" She shouted, putting her hands down to her hips, looking very annoyed, not caring about the arrows anymore. Taken back by her outburst, the woman lowered her bow, a questioning look on her face; she turned whispering something to the children, who ran towards the village at a mad pace. "You are not a demon? Then how did you come from the well with such strange garments?" Kaede leaned close, looking into Katie's eyes seriously. "You have many secrets, child. Some even you do not know yourself. Come, I'll take you to my home. The forest is not a safe place at this time." With that, she grabbed her arm, dragging her away from the well clearing. A glimmer caught her eye as they moved, and Katie turned her head, a flash of white hair, and red clothing making her eyes widen with surprise. "*Ok… It's official… I'm in a coma, and this is all a dream!*" She thought to herself, after being ushered hurriedly into the crone's house, slamming the door behind them as villagers looked curiously at what or who Kaede was dragging behind her.

"By all the gods, I dare not believe it! How a creature like you have survived…" Kaede started to ramble, bowing to Katie as if she was someone important. Things were just getting way too weird for her tastes, and frankly, she had had enough!

"Look lady… Kaede or whatever, would you please tell me what the heck you talking about?!" Katie crossed her arms defensively, waiting for the hag to answer her questions. The place was creeping her out too much, the clothes these people were wearing looked like something from the old prints Kagome showed her all the time.

*Katie is one of those people, a lot like a certain foul mouthed half-demon, that calls people names, but... in the nicest possible way!*

"Then ye do not know what ye are?" Kaede raised one eyebrow, shocked slightly at the girl's seeming ignorance of her gifts. "No 'ye' doesn't know what is going on! I'm a regular 17 year old girl, who is in a coma and dreaming about people from Feudal Japan!!" she grumbled, glaring into the hearth, a nervous voice repeating in her head 'It couldn't have been that guy… No way, no way, no way!' Kaede started to move around the room, fixing tea, murmuring to herself as Katie just sat there, feeling really out of place with her clothing. Everyone she had seen so far had been wearing some style of a kimono, and there she was, wearing jeans, t-shirt, and an old battered jacket! Shifting uncomfortably from her spot, she smiled as the old woman handed her a cup of tea, then settled herself down across from her. Taking a swig, Katie grimaced at the sharp taste, as Kaede started to speak.

"Our lands have been overrun for many years by demons, sprits and monsters. Many think which ever of the gods are left, have forgotten the people. There is an old legend that has been passed down from old times, of a great creature, with the power of all elements, able to battle even the greatest of demons. She was consort to the gods in creation, and friend of the dragons. Even some said she made friends with demons!

 But an evil spirit, a corrupted human soul made of demons, cursed her, killing her. One final act she played was sending her spirit deep into the earth, into the molten blood to be reborn into human form…"

Cutting her off, Katie, slammed her cup down, tilting her head slightly. "And what does this have to do with me? No offense, but I think it's a bunch of stories! Demons aren't real, neither are dragons, gods, or spirits!" The silence was deafening, making her squirm in her seat as Kaede shook her head. "Child, ye survived the Well…"

"Whatever. Look, lady. Thank you for the tea and all, but I need to get out of here. I'm going home." She bowed to the aged woman, and walked out of the hut, smack into a crowd of villagers, who started back from her as if she was some kind of snake or something. Glaring at them all, she sat off towards the woods she had so rudely awoke in, grumbling to herself for nothing as Kaede shouted for her to come back, saying something about the cursed well or some rot. Tramping through the woods, she pulled her jacket tighter to her body; getting the eerie feeling something was watching her, as the vegetation started to seem familiar for some odd reason. Stepping around a tree, she glanced ahead, and froze in shock.

It was the clearing from her nightmare, the boy was pinned to the tree with the arrow still, except roots or vines of some type had grown around him. Approaching the tree, Katie noticed the arrow seemed to glow softly, though a fatal wound, the guy seemed to just be sleeping. He was so familiar it made her shiver, but an idea hit her suddenly, a thought. The ears… if the tea that old hag gave her was real, then she could see if his ears were real! Hopping up on the side, she clambered up the vines, just far away enough from the boy so if it was some sort of weird hologram, she wouldn't go falling to the ground. Keeping on arm wrapped around a vine, she hesitently reached over and brushed on of the ears, then snatched her hand back in surprise. It felt alive! The flesh was warm and furry; it didn't feel like those stupid headbands she had seen some girls wearing lately. She picked a few strands of the pure white hair in amazement, checking to see if it was a wig. She felt like some kind of monkey or ape, hanging on the side of the tree, checking this guy out.

While she was messing with his hair, Katie failed to notice color was returning to his face as his eyes opened slowly he opened his mouth and said…..

"Oro???"

**** Sorry… I couldn't help myself! ^____^'